Aviation Timeline

By J and S
  • Sep 22, 900

    The Legend of Wan Hoo

    Literally the first time any one "flew". Strapped rockets to a chair
  • Period: Jan 1, 1452 to Dec 31, 1519

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    He made plans for the first known helicopter and parachute

  • Francesco de Lana

    Jesuit Priest who studied balloon flight, using a ballast for control

  • Henry Cavendish

    Discovered flammable air, which later became named hydrogen.

  • The Fire/ Montgolfier brother

    Their balloon lit on fire and a lot of their work was burned.

  • The public flight

    They flew their balloon an entire mile and reached a height of 6,000 ft.

  • They flew

    They picked 2 citizens to fly in the great balloon, and it flew 5 miles in 25 min.

  • Jean Baptiste Meusnier

    He suggested that they change the shape of the balloon.

  • Balloons in Paris

    The French government created an air branch in the military for balloon use.

  • Andre-Jacques Garnerin

    This inventor flew the balloons to one of the highest heights at 3,000 ft.

  • Woman make the fly

    A woman finally flew in a balloon for the first time.

  • George Cayley

    First researcher on planes, created a famous paper that had a lot of ground breaking science.

  • Flying High

    Cayley managed to develop the first manned glider.

  • Dirigibles

    The first differently shaped balloon, it had a 3 hp engine and was called a dirigible.
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    The Civil War

    The civil war opened up new times to use balloons in the war.

  • Making leaps with the dirigible

    The first dirigible made a steered round trip back to its original starting point.

  • Count Ferdinand von Zepplin

    This year, Zeppelin created the first rigid dirigible called zeppelins.

  • The Airplane

    The first man powered airplane flight, invented by the Wrights.
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    Zeppelins in action

    The German zeppelins carried over 34,000 people a distance of 107,208 miles collectively.

  • Air Mail Act

    Allowed pilots to do mail runs for postal services and the contractors got 80% of the profits. Created demand for cargo planes

  • Mcnary-Waters Act

    Allowed Air mail to give bonuses to those who deliver more.

  • The Plane is texted

    Charles Lindbergh made the flight from New York City to Paris.

  • Women on the Atlantic

    Amelia Earhart becomes the first women to fly across the Atlantic by herself.

  • The First Jet

    The first jet was flown by Germany leading the way for different sources of thrust, pulse jet engine and rocket propelled

  • WWII Starts

    Germany over steps its boundaries and declares war on France and England

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacked Pearl Harbor to try and eliminate the naval force of the US in the pacific

  • The First Helicopters

    It allowed the rescue of downed pilots behind enemy lines because of the vertical takeoff

  • Normandy Invasion

    The Allies invaded Norway which was under Axis control. Between the US and RAF they had 1,000-1,500 plane in the air
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    Breaking the Sound Barrier

    Because of the vibration and friction caused by going faster then sound it paved the way for the future in super sonic airplanes and jets
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    Atomic Bombing

    The atomic bomb was created in the US and was dropped on Japan twice to force them out of the war. It also brought up questions about the morals of Airplanes and their uses
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    The Cold War

    After WWII the US and Soviet Union were in a stand off for militant power, causing enchantments in airplanes and rocketry as well as stealth

  • The US Air Force

    After WWII the US Air Force is created with the passing of the National Security Act
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    Berlin Airlift

    After the WWII the Berlin airlift was the cause of airliners still being used and still supplying jobs and was one of the first stale mates with the Soviet Union
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    Vietnam War

    Over the span of the war we advanced in helicopters and saw the usefulness of them when it came to dense forest or jungle were a plane would be more supceptable to attacks

  • Boeing unveiled the Boeing 707

    The release of this aircraft revolutionized the commercial industry of aviation. Out classed every airliner in every aspect
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    Environmental Care

    Because of new technology and the need to care for the environment, airliners became stronger, lighter, nonmetallic, and more fuel efficient.

  • Airline Deregulation Act

    The government left the control of the Aviation market to the market itself